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Peter wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4C746AA2.2090905@pl.net" type="cite">Regarding my
previous query regarding tools to work with shapefiles in PHP, ive
written a progress report, that might be useful to other passing PHP
GIS newcomers.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webspaces.net.nz/page.php?view=working_with_shapefiles">http://www.webspaces.net.nz/page.php?view=working_with_shapefiles</a>
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Hi Peter,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the summary. That sort of stuff is gold for us who are
newbies with some of these utilities. But I wanted to point out one
thing you don't have right yet. You wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Mapnik is the new kid on the block, its used
for open street map among other things. It does much of what mapserver
does, but <u>mapnik has anti-aliasing</u>, hence does nice raster
renders. The API is pretty much all<br>
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MapServer does too. Just use the AGG driver in the OUTPUTFORMAT object
in the mapfile to get nice-looking antialiasing over the entire map.<br>
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<b>Bill Thoen</b><br>
GISnet - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.gisnet.com">www.gisnet.com</a><br>
303-786-9961<br>
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